In fencing, what gives left-handers the edge? Views from the present and the distant past

Laterality

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 15-55

  Harris, Lauren Julius ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPORT;

BOOKS, ILLUSTRATED; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; PORTRAITS AS TOPIC; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPORTS;

EID: 77949408981     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500701650430     Document Type: Article

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